Meezaan Jaffrey Opens Up About Being Ranveer Singh's Body Double In Padmaavat!
Jaaved Jaafferi's son, Meezan Jaffery has already embarked his Bollywood journey and the actor is all set to make a grand debut on silver screen in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Malaal.
Jaaved
Jafferi's
son,
Meezaan
Jaffery
has
already
embarked
his
Bollywood
journey
and
the
actor
is
all
set
to
make
a
grand
debut
on
silver
screen
in
Sanjay
Leela
Bhansali's
Malaal.
The
film
also
marks
the
acting
debut
of
Bhansali's
niece,
Sharmin
Segal.
However,
not
many
of
you
must
be
aware
that
Malaal
is
not
the
first
time
Meezaan
has
been
a
part
of
a
film.
He
was
a
body
double
for
Ranveer
Singh
in
Padmaavat
for
some
scenes
where
he
also
assisted
Bhansali.
"I
did
two
scenes
in
Padmaavat
when
Ranveer
was
not
available.
They
needed
a
back
shot
of
him
for
a
scene
where
he
is
talking
to
Jim
Sarbh.
Sanjay
sir
told
me
to
wear
Ranveer's
costume
and
everyone
was
shocked
to
see
me
like
that.
The
DoP
called
me
and
said,
'This
was
my
silver
screen
debut'," Meezaan
told
a
media
agency.
When
asked
how
he
ended
up
doing
Malaal,
he
said,
"For
me,
it
was
always
either
music
or
sports
until
I
met
Sanjay
sir.
He
offered
to
launch
me
as
an
actor
in
Bollywood.
That's
when
I
started
thinking
about
acting.
I
have
never
trained
for
it.
I
never
thought
I
will
get
into
acting."
"I
did
martial
arts,
played
football.
I
was
also
into
swimming.
I
am
obsessed
with
sports.
But
the
day
I
met
Sanjay
sir,
everything
changed."
Meezaan
also
talked
about
his
first
meet
with
Bhansali
and
revealed,
"When
I
first
sat
across
Sanjay
sir,
he
did
not
know
anything
about
me,
my
background
or
who
my
father
was.
He
just
saw
me
and
said,
'You
are
a
star
and
you
should
become
an
actor'.
I
did
not
know
what
to
say
or
how
to
react
because
I
had
not
thought
of
acting."
"Later
he
asked
about
my
family.
He
invited
me
to
be
on
the
sets
of
Bajirao
Mastani'
and
asked
me
to
observe
everything.
After
sometime,
he
told
me
he
would
like
to
launch
me.
I
couldn't
believe
it
initially."